Problem-Solving Jobs in the Thames Valley

Problem Solving
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,283 757 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.01% 13.27% 15.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.60% 14.02% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 715 371 561
10th Percentile £25,600 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,875 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £93,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,941 5,401 6,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.42% 94.65% 93.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,955 3,005 3,894
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the Thames Valley

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire +6 534 £45,000 +11.39% 92
Berkshire +4 437 £42,000 -23.64% 132
Oxfordshire +13 312 £42,500 -14.57% 98
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.71%) WebLogic
3 21 (1.64%) CMS
4 18 (1.40%) Apache
4 18 (1.40%) WordPress
5 17 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.94%) Confluence
6 12 (0.94%) nginx
7 11 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.47%) Drupal
8 6 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.39%) Joomla!
10 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.078%) SAS
11 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 122 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.62%) Sketch
6 7 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.31%) InDesign
9 4 (0.31%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.23%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.078%) Revit
11 1 (0.078%) Solid Edge
11 1 (0.078%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.078%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.078%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.078%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 176 (13.72%) Azure
2 110 (8.57%) AWS
3 91 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (4.52%) GCP
5 40 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (2.96%) SaaS
7 36 (2.81%) Power Platform
8 31 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (1.87%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.25%) OCI
11 14 (1.09%) GitHub
12 13 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.94%) Amazon S3
13 12 (0.94%) IaaS
14 11 (0.86%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.70%) Entra ID
15 9 (0.70%) WhatsApp
16 8 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.62%) Figma
16 8 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (5.85%) Firewall
2 42 (3.27%) DNS
3 29 (2.26%) DHCP
4 21 (1.64%) SAN
5 20 (1.56%) Wireless
6 17 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 17 (1.33%) LAN
7 14 (1.09%) Internet
7 14 (1.09%) VoIP
8 13 (1.01%) SSL
9 11 (0.86%) VLAN
9 11 (0.86%) VPN
10 10 (0.78%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.78%) WAN
11 8 (0.62%) Broadband
12 7 (0.55%) NAS
12 7 (0.55%) Network Security
12 7 (0.55%) SNMP
13 6 (0.47%) 5G
13 6 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.05%) BigQuery
1 52 (4.05%) Looker
2 51 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
3 35 (2.73%) MySQL
4 29 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 24 (1.87%) Power BI
6 13 (1.01%) OLTP
6 13 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.62%) CouchDB
8 8 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.55%) Data Mining
9 7 (0.55%) MariaDB
9 7 (0.55%) MS Access
9 7 (0.55%) Tableau
10 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.39%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 35 (2.73%) JIRA
2 22 (1.71%) Git
3 19 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.70%) Gradle
5 8 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.55%) GitLab
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.39%) Selenium
9 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.31%) Postman
9 4 (0.31%) PowerBuilder
9 4 (0.31%) Subversion
10 3 (0.23%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.23%) JMeter
10 3 (0.23%) JUnit
11 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.16%) Serenity BDD
General
1 680 (53.00%) Social Skills
2 389 (30.32%) Analytical Skills
3 222 (17.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 129 (10.05%) Finance
5 67 (5.22%) Marketing
6 62 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.44%) Retail
8 52 (4.05%) Legal
9 45 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 44 (3.43%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 36 (2.81%) Billing
13 34 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.87%) Police
16 21 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.56%) Law
18 16 (1.25%) Back Office
19 15 (1.17%) Electronics
20 14 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 179 (13.95%) Analyst
1 179 (13.95%) Senior
2 105 (8.18%) Data Scientist
3 96 (7.48%) Architect
4 90 (7.01%) Developer
5 70 (5.46%) Lead
6 65 (5.07%) Support Analyst
7 64 (4.99%) IT Support
8 53 (4.13%) Consultant
8 53 (4.13%) Data Engineer
8 53 (4.13%) Project Manager
8 53 (4.13%) Software Engineer
8 53 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (3.12%) Applications Support
10 38 (2.96%) Applications Support Analyst
10 38 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 37 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
12 36 (2.81%) Senior Developer
13 33 (2.57%) Data Manager
13 33 (2.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.90%) HTML
2 49 (3.82%) .NET
3 32 (2.49%) CSS
3 32 (2.49%) Spring
4 26 (2.03%) XML
5 22 (1.71%) J2EE
5 22 (1.71%) Java EE
6 17 (1.33%) ASP.NET
7 14 (1.09%) JSON
7 14 (1.09%) SOAP
8 12 (0.94%) Kafka
8 12 (0.94%) React
9 11 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 10 (0.78%) Web Services
11 9 (0.70%) Hibernate
11 9 (0.70%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.62%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.55%) Node.js
14 6 (0.47%) OpenMP
15 5 (0.39%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 155 (12.08%) Algorithms
2 133 (10.37%) Self-Motivation
3 110 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.96%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 33 (2.57%) Driving Licence
8 31 (2.42%) Life Science
9 24 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.64%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.48%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
13 16 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.17%) Biopharmaceutical
15 13 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.86%) IoT
17 10 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
17 10 (0.78%) Mobile App
18 9 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 172 (13.41%) Windows
2 85 (6.63%) Linux
3 62 (4.83%) Windows 10
4 39 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 38 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (2.88%) Windows Server
7 36 (2.81%) Windows 7
8 35 (2.73%) Unix
9 21 (1.64%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.94%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.94%) Windows XP
11 6 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.39%) Android
12 5 (0.39%) CentOS
12 5 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.31%) VMS
14 2 (0.16%) SUSE
14 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (27.44%) Mentoring
2 272 (21.20%) Coaching
3 255 (19.88%) Decision-Making
4 204 (15.90%) Computer Science
4 204 (15.90%) Project Management
5 198 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
6 176 (13.72%) Data Science
7 175 (13.64%) Customer Service
8 164 (12.78%) Mathematics
9 149 (11.61%) Data Analysis
10 148 (11.54%) Agile
11 134 (10.44%) Red Team
12 132 (10.29%) ITIL
13 131 (10.21%) Collaborative Working
14 112 (8.73%) Data Modelling
15 109 (8.50%) Actionable Insight
16 108 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (8.03%) Statistical Modelling
18 102 (7.95%) Digital Forensics
19 94 (7.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 105 (8.18%) Python
1 105 (8.18%) SQL
2 63 (4.91%) Java
3 55 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 53 (4.13%) C#
4 53 (4.13%) PowerShell
5 46 (3.59%) C++
6 42 (3.27%) Fortran
7 41 (3.20%) C
8 24 (1.87%) Bash
8 24 (1.87%) PHP
9 23 (1.79%) PL/SQL
9 23 (1.79%) Shell Script
10 13 (1.01%) VB.NET
11 11 (0.86%) Perl
12 9 (0.70%) Ruby
12 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.62%) Scala
13 8 (0.62%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.55%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 472 (36.79%) Degree
2 192 (14.96%) Security Cleared
3 106 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 79 (6.16%) DV Cleared
5 49 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (3.51%) Master's Degree
6 45 (3.51%) PhD
7 34 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.26%) NVQ Level 3
9 24 (1.87%) HNC
10 20 (1.56%) CCNA
10 20 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.48%) MCP
12 17 (1.33%) CISSP
12 17 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 17 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 16 (1.25%) A+ Certification
14 14 (1.09%) ACCA
15 13 (1.01%) CCNP
16 10 (0.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.16%) SLA
2 75 (5.85%) QA
3 64 (4.99%) Data Quality
4 55 (4.29%) PMO
5 54 (4.21%) GDPR
6 22 (1.71%) Good Clinical Practice
7 13 (1.01%) IFRS
8 12 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.62%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.55%) GxP
10 7 (0.55%) ISO 14001
10 7 (0.55%) ISO 22301
10 7 (0.55%) NEBOSH
10 7 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.31%) WCAG
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 100 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 66 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (2.65%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.49%) Docker
5 16 (1.25%) Firmware
6 12 (0.94%) KVM
6 12 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.47%) vSphere
9 5 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.31%) HDFS
11 1 (0.078%) NFS
Systems Management
1 59 (4.60%) SCCM
2 29 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.18%) SCOM
4 22 (1.71%) OpenSSO
4 22 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.48%) Ansible
6 17 (1.33%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.09%) NetBackup
8 12 (0.94%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (0.94%) WSUS
9 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.62%) Terraform
11 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.39%) Puppet
11 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 4 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.31%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.16%) Nagios
13 2 (0.16%) Netcool
13 2 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 316 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 74 (5.77%) Oracle
3 68 (5.30%) Google
4 67 (5.22%) VMware
5 39 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 23 (1.79%) Cisco
6 23 (1.79%) Juniper
7 22 (1.71%) Remedy
8 21 (1.64%) HP
9 19 (1.48%) SAP
10 18 (1.40%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.33%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.25%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (1.25%) Veeam
13 13 (1.01%) 3PAR
13 13 (1.01%) CA
13 13 (1.01%) Dell
14 12 (0.94%) Adobe
14 12 (0.94%) EMC
14 12 (0.94%) Symantec